It seems nowadays anybody with a camera is calling themselves a photographer.  As models we have to be wary who we shoot with or as business owners or even simply consumers, who we work with.  I’ve had the privilege of working with some great photographers, Ryan Kerns, Jt Gray, Marlowe Holt, Bob Coello, Paul Kusaba, Jayson Tanega, John Garcia and Vince Cavataio.  And there are some great photographers I’m dying to work with like Harold Julian, Nimai Wong, Russell Tanoue, Tim Orden and Brandon Ching.  And in between, sorting out the professionals from the amateurs can be exhausting.  Working with new names can be scary.  Time is money and wasting time and money is what we are trying to avoid.

This girl is a beautiful girl i’m sure, but her photographer has no idea what they are doing.

On my way, I have had the unfortunate experiences of working with un-reputable “GWC’s” that ultimately ended up wasting my time.  James Thompson from JZL visions is one of them.  He is a young photographer from California, whom I met from a mutual friend.  I don’t necessarily do TFP per say, but I will to build new relationships with people I have met and possibly that could build into a business relationship.  I did him a favor and shot with him.  I had my first shoot with James on a windy day at Lanikai.  I had paid for makeup and hair out of my own pocket which laid flat immediately from the humidity.  Beginning the shoot, the lighting was off, I had to tell him it was wrong.  I mean, I’m just a model, not a photographer.  Shouldn’t he have known that?  So finally, he got the lighting right.  But all he wanted to do was shoot bikini pictures and repeatedly asked me to take my top off.  I didn’t want to take my top off as I am picky who I do implied nudity photos with.  Any dumb ass can take a picture of a beautiful naked girl and make it look beautiful, but what I’m worried about is looking bad.  That is exactly what James did, make me look bad.  There were 3 photos in the shoot that were OK but nothing useable.  On top of that, I was suppose to do some fitness photos for my website and flier, and he rushed through that in less than 10 minutes and we got no photos.  I thought it was super rude and unprofessional because when it came to the lingerie part he wanted to shoot forever, but I refused and ended the shoot because he asked me to get in the water in my $200 Victoria Secret Collection lingerie.  He wanted me to walk in the sand in my $1200 Manolos.  I refused.  When I told him I would if he paid for it, he declined.  Of course, he did, he works at Senor Frogs or some bs like that for minimum wage.

He asked to shoot for my event on Sunday, and I obliged.  I told him that we could use his photos for the event, and that I will logo him and promote him as we build a relationship.  Brand recognition is not built over night.  It’s built over time and through loyalty and continuing to promote.  So if he was expecting 5 girls to call him to pay to shoot, when they saw my crap photos, he is tripping.  So it’s 4 days before the event and I call him to confirm and drop off flyers, and he tells me he can’t do it because he is moving in two weeks and doesn’t care about brand recognition.  He isn’t making money so it’s a loss for him.  WTF! When I chewed him out, he had the audacity to say I was difficult to work with.  Any photographer who has worked with me knows I am a professional model, I get the job done, but I am fun and adventurous.  I just don’t take my clothes off for amateur photographers or ruin $200 lingerie and $1200 Manolo Blahniks. Why haven’t I sent you work?  Because you suck.  You’re unprofessional.  And this is our first business venture together, and you flaked and screwed me over.  Not because you had something important to do.  Because you committed and talked up a big game, and decided not to deliver.  

I do admit, some of his stuff can be unique, but a lot of it inconsistent and amateur.  I would not pay $200 to shoot with him.  I wouldn’t pay $1.  For $200 I can shoot with Russell Tanoue with hair and makeup included.  He doesn’t take time to set up the picture or see a vision.  He is mostly just clicking and shooting.

Heres some of his photos

The photoshopping is really cool on this pic but it’s a horrible photo.  Bad lighting. And what is between her legs?  

Anybody can take a picture of a beautiful girl in a bikini.  Bad lighting. Epic fail!

Sunday is my 27th birthday BAD GIRL PARTY, a launch party for my iHeart Fitness HI personal training and nutrition business.  Sadly it is also the final closing night of one of my favorite spots, Apartm3nt.  After 8 years in the stripper business, I am officially hanging up my g-string.  Come help me clean out the bar!  There will be tons of food and drink specials because everything has to go!  We are giving away free breast implants courtesy of Dr Gregory Herbich (or procedure of equal or lesser value) and tons of giveaways from our premium sponsors.  30 day memberships to the new World Gym, free hair and makeup from Cherbu Cosmetics and Sunny Salon, products from Nuskin, It Works and Visalus and gift certificates from HNL Fight Shop.  Grab bags for the first 50 peoples in the door. It’s my last night to be a bad girl, so come play!

You blow your fuse when you’ve fallen,
and the voices in the future are calling
your time machine breaks, then where do you go?
everything is different from what we use to know.
Are you stuck in a time that you never once knew?
So many broken pieces you don’t know what to do.
See, I have this potion, it will make you forget,
the things that you couldn’t let go of and made you upset,
the chronological order  of the things we said,
will be mixed up and forgotten in time, instead in your head.

the Virgin by Gustav Klimt

I have too many ailments,
Day one of lithium treatments,
Is there a pill to unbreak my heart?
or did I even have one to start with?
Nurse, please bring my chart,
and tear apart this abstract art,
I use to be a virgin,
but now I’m urging,
for a fresh start,
Someone call the surgeon,
hook up a morphine drip,
he just stole my bargaining chip.

xo

Kristie

I know you can hurt people with broken lights,
and we hurt each other with useless fights,
It doesn’t even matter what we say,
cause we’ll get there one day,
we found each other in the dark,
restricted light contrasted spark,
and I know you need your security,
but you don’t love her like you love me,
and I can see through your lies,
You can’t hide behind those “big eyes.”

xo

Planning my launch party for Memorial day weekend also my 27th Birthday.  Keep checking back for updates!  I’ll be “hanging up my g-string” soon ladies and gentleman!

http://iheartfitnesshi.wordpress.com

xoxo

Kristie

1. Issey Miyaki $75
(You can find it as low as $33 on Amazon)

2. the inexpensive 1MX Express Mens Slim Fit Dress Shirt. ON SALE $41 in a large variety of colors

3. Diesel underwear is the best!  But I’d be lying if I said it was for him. $20-$35

4. Brioni Paisley Silk Tie $200 @ Neiman Marcus

5. Gym Shoes. I have the Kayanos and I love them!  Why not the Kayanos for men.  $150 @ Foot Locker

6. Supplements from Vitamin Shop: Animal Cuts, Protein, Glutamine, Milk Thistle, all the good stuff! (:

7. Louis Vuitton Cufflinks

8. Bvlgari Men’s Sunglasses @ Sunglass Hut $950

9.  Vivienne Westwood Kicks
I don’t know if they’re men or women’s, but I wouldn’t mind seeing them on my man’s feet. (:

10. Pioneer Pro DJ CDJ-900 (Pro Omni Turntable w/Software) $595 on Google Shopping

I often have scattered thoughts that run wild and recently I learned about astral projection.  I don’t know a lot about it, so I started by googling it and watching a few youtube videos.  I first was interested in it when my boyfriend said that he use to meet someone in astral.  I went on to read that you see things not of this world, aliens, monsters, even may have astral sexual experiences.  That is what really caught my attention.  If sex is awesome down here, it must be heavenly in astral.

What is astral projection?

“Astral projection (or astral travel) is an interpretation of out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of an “astral body” separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it.^[1] Astral projection or travel denotes the astral body leaving the physical body to travel in the astral plane.” Wikipedia.

I got interested in it and started to research.  You start by closing your eyes and relaxing.  You look upwards,  towards your 3rd eye and meditate.  For me, meditation has always been complicated.  I concentrate on relaxing and focus on slow breathing for a few seconds before my mind wanders or I have a twitch or a piece of hair tickles my face.  It was very difficult for me, so I started to listen to ambient music.  I read somewhere about binaural beats.  They should help you meditate and get into a relaxed state to astral project easier.    I’ve listened to them on my computer as I lay in bed at night to try to meditate, but haven’t had much success.  Apparently you have to use high quality earphones for them to work.  After my 4th night in a row, I felt my body leave my body and start to project through a tunnel like space.  But I was distracted because my phone rang.  It takes nearly 30 minutes of relaxing before you begin to feel anything.  I’ve been unfortunately unsuccessful at astral projection, but it’s something I want to retry after I buy a pair of ear buds.

What are binaural beats?

You can read more about it at wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beats

and you can listen to them on youtube.

This is where my scattered mind comes in.  I was driving home the other day, and I thought, if binaural beats could positively affect you, could there be such thing as harmful binaural beats?  And can they be utilized as weapons?  Put into music that we don’t know can affect us?   I looked into it.  I could not find anything that says that they are harmful.  What I did find was funny.

I-Doser.com

They are calling it “digital drugs,” and some schools are going as far as banning cell phones and ipods to prevent students from “I dosing.”  Although you can obtain binaural beats for free online, they are selling them for as little as .99 cents for an orgasmic experience, to as much as $199 for the “Gates of Hades.”  You can view a lot of teenagers reactions on youtube as well.  And that makes me wonder, why only teenagers are into it?  Are they impressionable and the ones targeted to want to try it?  They have made claims that they are harmful to anyone under 18, which is outrageous.  Why the number 18?  Because legally that implies some type of adulthood in the American government?  They are completely unharmful, and someone just labeled them as “digital drugs” for marketing purposes to boost publicity and target teenage curiosity.

They are claiming it is a “gateway drug,” and if children are willing to try it, then they may be willing to try harder drugs.  That is silly.  The world is full of choices, and it is our responsibility as parents to teach our children right from wrong.  There are lot of character conflicting activities out their our children face, like pressure to have sex, or something little like playing with a quija board,  or classic teenage drinking and smoking.  Binaural beats are completely harmless and are actually good for you. I think we should encourage it.

Binaural beats are designed solely to remove negative programming from your past and free you from past traumas, bad memories, emotional issues and any negative beliefs you are still carrying internally.  More recently it is being used to help with anxiety, sleeping disorders and ADHD.  The nights that I listened to binaural beats, I didn’t need my  ambien, and i slept well.

These are the frequencies utilized in the production of the Digital Drug CD:

0.5 – 1.5 Hz – Endorphin release

0.9 Hz – Euphoric feeling

2.5 Hz – Production of endogenous opiates (pain killers, reduce anxiety)

4.0 Hz – Enkephalin release for reduced stress

10 Hz – Enhanced serotonin release. Mood elevation, arousal, stimulant

14 Hz – Awakeness, alert. Concentration on tasks

20.215 Hz – Brings about safe LSD-25 effects

30 Hz – Used for safe marijuana effects

33 Hz – Hypersensitivity, C. consciousness

38 Hz – Endorphin release

46.98 Hz – Visualization effects, when used with 62.64 & 70.47 Hz

Carriers: 90 – 110 Hz – Pleasure-producing beta-endorphin rise
111 Hz – Constant beta endorphin release

Special effects
Light panning phaser effect on the 10 Hz chord

I will have to try these beats and give you my reviews on them.

xoxo

Kristie